Brother MFC 8420 User Manual

12 - 16   PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS
Support tab
The  Support Tab provides driver version and set ting information. In 
addition there are links to the Brother Soluti ons  Cent er and the 
Driver Update Web sites.
Click the Support t ab to display the following screen:
Brother Solutions Center
The  Brother Solutions Center is a Web site offering information 
about your Brother product including FAQs (Frequent ly Asked 
Questions), User Guides, Driver Updates and Tips for using your 
MFC.
Web Updat e
Web...

PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS   12 - 17
Features in the PS printer driver 
(For Windows
®)
The Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP and Windows 
NT® 4.0 utilizes BR-Script 3(PostScript® 3™ language emulation) 
driver.
You can download the latest driver by accessing t he Brother 
Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com
To install the PS driver
If you have already installed the printer driver following the instruction in the 
Quick Setup Guide, insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive on your PC...

12 - 18   PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS
Device Settin gs tab 
Select the options you installed.
 

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Layout tab
You can change the Layout setting by selecting the setting in t he 
Orientation, Page Order and Page Per Sheet.
Booklet (For MFC-8820D and MFC-8820DN) 
(For  Windows® 2000/XP)
You can print a booklet by selecting Booklet from Pages Per Sheet 
list.
I f you are using Windows NT® 4.0,  Windows® 2000 or XP, you 
can access the Layout t ab by clicking Printing Preferences... 
in the General tab of the Brother MFC-8820D BR-Script3 
Properties screen.
 

12 - 20   PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS
Paper / Quality tab
Select the Pap er  So ur ce.
If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you 
can access the Paper/Quality tab by clicking Pr int ing  
Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother MFC-8820D 
BR-Script3  Properties screen.
 

PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS   12 - 21
Advanced Options
1Select  the Paper Size and Copy Count.
2Set the Print Quality, Scaling and TrueType Font setting.
3You can change settings by selecting the setting in the Printer 
Features list:
■Media Type
■Toner Save
■BR-Script  Level
I f you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you 
can access the Brother MFC-8820D BR-Script3 Advanced 
Options tab by clicking Advanced... but ton in the Layout tab or 
t he Paper/Quality tab.
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HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS®   13 - 1
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Scanning a document 
TWAIN compliant
The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant 
scanner driver. TWAI N drivers meet the standard universal protocol 
for communicating between scanners and software applications. 
This means that not only can you scan images directly into the 
PaperPort
® viewer that Brother included with your MFC, but you can 
also scan images directly into hundreds of other software 
applications that support TWAIN scanning....

13 - 2   HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS®
How to access the Scanner
1Open the software applicat ion (ScanSoft® PaperPort®) to scan 
a document.
2Select Scan from the File drop-down menu or select the Scan 
button. The Scan pane appears in the left panel.
3Select Brother MFC-8820D, Brother MFC-8820D USB or Brother 
MFC-8820D LAN
 f rom t he Scanner drop-down list box.
4Click Scan.
The Brother MFC-8820D, Brother MFC-8820D USB or Brother 
MFC-8820D LAN  Scanner Setup
 dialog box will appear:
The instructions for...

HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS®   13 - 3
Scanning a document into the PC
You can scan a whole page
—OR—
Scan a port ion of the page after pre-scanning the document.
Scanning a whole page
1Place the original face up in the ADF (automatic document 
f eeder), or face down on the scanner glass.
2Adjust  the following sett ings, if required, in the Scanner window:
■Image Type 
■Re solution
■Scan Type 
■Brightness
■Co ntrast
■Document Size
See Settings in the Scanner window on page 13-6.
3Click the St ar t but ton...

13 - 4   HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS®
PreScanning to crop a portion you want to scan
The Pre-Scan button is used to preview an image for cropping any 
unwanted areas from the image. When you are satisfied with the 
preview, click the 
Start button in the scanner window to scan the image.
1Place the original face up in the ADF, or face down on t he 
scanner glass.
2Select the settings for Image Type,  Resolution, Scan Type, 
Brightness and Cont ra st, as needed.
3In the Brother MFC-8820D, Brother MFC-8820D...